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Dry Goods, Notions, Furnishings, Shoes, Etc.
W H IT E SUM M ER D R E SS GOODS
Don’t fail to see our line of Embroidery, Laces,
Ginghams, Prints, White Summer Dress
Goods, Corsets, Underwear; Hosiery, Shoes
Oxfords tor ladies gents and children.
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O b se r v e r
KOBO, SHBBM AN C O ., OR BOON
FRIDAY.............A pril 21. 1911
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Meets the first and third
ly evenings of each
month.
Visiting members
cordially invited to meet
By order o t W . M .
J. M . P a rm t , Secretary.
• e t b le h a m
C h a p te r
no . 78 o . B. >.
Regular communication
'c a c h 'd and 4th Thursday
enings monthly. By or*
o f M M . A nna M oore ,
M.
M e r e L od g e, N e . 113,
l. o . o. r. Moro, or.
^Meeting every Saturday
(evening at 7:30 o ’clock.
‘ Visiting members are cor-
1 dially invited.
Members
expected to be present.
R. K b m in o e r , N. O.
W m . H e n r ic h s , Secy.
ascribe for the Observer.
and MrsC A Nish of Monk-
returned home on the 15th.
“1 Buxton has taken the agen-
E Peoples’ Funeral supplies,
oro
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lest and best lot of pencils
!, just received at The Obser-
look Store.
rn: To Mrs T S Reese, East-
ening, a girl. Dr Goffin re
mother and child doing
V-
ng your job printing to The
rver office. Neat, attractive
and reasonable prices guar-
id.
e Open River Transportation
pany have cut the fare to 50
on The Dalles-Portland end
e line.
le last up-stream trip of the
ler Twin Cities was run in
jays and four hours from Ce-
o Lewiston.
j bargains in watches, clocks,
try of all kinds, cut glass, silver
, hand painted China, etc.
Ross, Wasco jeweler.
re L H Martin left for Walla
la Tuesday, on a visit to her
ler, who is about to return to
lome at La Grande,
nest Deatsman,brother of Mrs
s Martin, stopped over at this
four days last week, en route
□rtland, from Ft Wayne, Ind.
is8 Jennie Ginn, an expert
5, trained by experience in
la Walla. The Dalles, and
lendale, has gone to Idaho
similar mission.
iss Brune, of The Dalles, who
employed as nurse at Geo
nagin’s during the worst of
lickness of little Francis, has
■ned to her home.
O ln lld r o n
O ry
FOR FUTCMM’I
McKibben Hats
Birthday Postal Cards at The
J P Strahl is doing some car
Observer Book Store.
penter work at Hood River.
Some of the up-land fruit in this
Pocket Maps of Oregon and
county has been touched by Jack Washington. The Observer Book
Store.*
Frost.
Materials are coming to the
J R Caseberg and F G Warner
front
for the new public school
were business visitors from Port
house
for Moro.
land this week.
L W Ross the Wasco Jeweler, is John Simpson has returned to
selling out his stock of goods pre Sherman county and is looking af
paratory to leaving Wasco June 1. ter his farm interests near Wasco.
F A Block, at the Moro Pharm
acy, has a full line of jewelry,
watches, eye glasses, etc., at city
prices.
It is whispered about that there
is to be a Sherman county Sunday
school convention held in Moro
next June.
Inks, Red, Blue black, Jet-black;
Violet, Green, anil the best qual
ity fountain pen ink at The O b
server Book Store
You will find the Pioneers An
nual Picnic and Celebration sub
scription paper at the Moro C C
store; walk up and sign.
Born: To Mr and Mrs A B
Wolfard. of Biggs, a daughter,
April 15th, 1911. All doing nice
ly. Dr Morse attending.
The Moro Commercial Co has
an elegant assortment of ginghams;
prices 10c, 12^4c, and 25c. Don t
fail to see them when in town.
The Moro Municipal Spring
clean up shows for itself, and the
proudest men in the city are May
or O J Goffin and Marshal C L
Montgomery.
W A Raymond has the contract
for constructing the new public
school buildings for Moro. He
will install a cement brick, or a
concrete block machine, and man
ufacture the material on the
ground.
Jess N Landry and E W Lewis
drove to The Dalles Sunday after
noon with Mr L’s new rig, via
Rohr Villa, making the trip in
five hours. The Villa road is a
fright. They returned via Rattle
snake grade which is a fine road.
Any one desiring expert advice
regarding eye trouble or the prop
er glasses will be pleased to know
that Dr A L Golder of The Dalles,
will be at Wasco Monday, April
24; Moro Tuesday April 25; Grass
Valley Thursday April 27.
E A Cushman has a splendid
stray canine which he is feeding ;
one of the kind that would be
worth its weight In gold to Bro.
Addison Bennett, on his Central
Oregon tour; ornery looking, but
good natured, and wise without
any foolishness.
Program pencils, new lot at the
Observer Book Store.
Miss Felton was called to Port
land last week; returned Wednes
day.
1 he latest and best legal form of
romi8sory note, at The Observer
ook Store.
Mrs John Henrichs, of Pendle
ton, is visiting with her sister, Mrs
Henry Medler, at Wasco.
The semi - centennial Oregon
State Fair will be held at Salem
Sept 11-16. Frank Meredith, Sec
retary.
Mrs Ella Johnson of Kent, re
ceived a piano this week, pur
chased from Mrs Pernie Johnson
of this city.
C E Poole and family are living
temporarily in The Dalles, where
Mr Poole has a short contract at
carpentering.
We have just received a big lot
of laces and embroideries and will
be pleased to show you the line.
Moro Commercial Co.
Sheriff J C Freeman, wife and
daughter, were visitors at La
Grande last week ; Mr F mixing
Frank M Smith, of Ontario,
business with his part of it.
Canada, here on a visit to his sis
H C Jorgensen was a Moro vis ter, Mrs Robert Urquhart, has
itor on business M onday; he is turned over, plowed,, harrowed
diversifying his farm work this year and seeded 997 acres since coming
last month, besides planting three
by planting 60 acres to spuds.
Go to F A Block, at the Moro acres to spuds. Frank says farming
Pharmacy, for all kinds of watch, in Sherman county is a revelation
clock and jewelry repairing. to the down easttTTier.
Work neatly done and all work
Removal Notice: Huntington &
guaranteed.
Wilson, of The Dalles, have
Let us do your next order oi opened offices in Portland. Ore
Commercial Job Printing High gon, rooms 805-8D7 Lewis build
grade work, at prices satisfactory. ing. Business sent to them from
The Old Reliable Observer Steam Sherman county through their of
Printery, Moro, Oregon.
fices in The Dalles or direct to their
L J Gates of Kent and Mr Wol- Portland address, will receive
attention.
Portland
ley of Portland, gave us a very prompt
phone,
Main
7536
pleasant call Tuesday ; Mr Gates
is looking very much better than
E E Caseberg last week sold 160
we expected to see him after his acres known as the Jackson farm
recent long continued illness.
on Gorden ridge, to M Abrams
Gus Lowit, the King thief of the of Portland; also an acreage tract
Oregon Trust and Savings Bank, near Oregon City to H P Disher,
leaped to his death from a sixth and purchased from Mr Disher
ptory window in Denver a few his residence property at Wasco.
days ago. He gets ail that was The different deals were made by
coming to him by this act, but its J R Caseberg now located in
Portland.
Artist Raymond has placed in a poor way to pay debts.
our office a photo of the Holt Cat-
Don Wheat met with painful
The New York Herald was
erpiller engine crossing a field of injuries to his face Tuesday. Aprilfooled by a Washington city
snow on Hood street, at the inter While plowing the plow struck a joker who sent it a plausibly writ
section of First, street in this city rock, throwing him forcibly to ten story on the 2d, telling about
February 24th ; it is a good adver the ground. Dr O J Goffin was Mr Lafferty helping a teamster on
tisement for the machine.
called and at present writing Mr the avenue to unload a load of
lumber ‘yesterday.* Teams never
Eigjity dollars per mo. straight W heat is resting comfortably.
haul lumber on the A venue; the
salary and expenses, to men with
Most of the advice concerning
dispatch
was published on the 3d,
rig, to introduce our poultry rem courtship and marriage that finds
hence
‘yesterday’
was Sunday, and
edies; don’t answer unless you its way into print is written by old
the
incident
must
have occurred
mean business. Eureka Poultry maids, or women who didn’t find
Saturday—all
fool’s
day.
Food Mfg. Co., incorporated, Ea. matrimony a grand sweet song; it
St. Louis, Illinois.
[4tS7.88 would be a joy to hear from the
Forest fires will soon be largely
happy
mothers
now
and
then.
reduced
if the people will co-ope
The Methodist Aid at their semi
rate
with
the state forester in the
annual election elected the follow April regained its customary on
administration
of the forestry law
ing officers: Mrs Chas Huis, presi the afternoon of Easter Sunday,
enacted
by
the
last assembly. One
dent; Mrs Elmer Barzee, vice “blowing some;” but unlike parts
of
the
most
lm;wrtant
provisions
president; Mrs Earl b ¡elds, secre of the middle west didn't kill any
tary; Mrs James Stewart, treasurer. people, desolate homes, nor put of the law is making a closed sea
The report for the six months any towns nor cities out of busi son for burning from June 1st to
shows $193.25 taken in and ness. W hen we hear a tourist say : October 1st, during which period
$162.40 paid out; with 19 mem “ I don’t like your wind,” we won out door fires of all kinds are pro
bers enrolled. .The Aid has em der what it is that HR can be blow hibited except under most strin
ployed R M Brash to varnish the ing about? Read the dispatch«!, gent regulations and the probabili
ty of heavy penaldea.
then ask youreelf.
furniture o f their church.
Sherman County Abstract Co
for abstracts of title.
Henry Schadewitz, of Kent, w«»
in Moro on business Wednesday.
Miss Idabel Urquhart has a hen
setting on Denny (Chinese) pheas
ants eggs.
Dictionary makers please take
notice : The captain of the Prinzess
Irene wirelessed for help.
Frank Thomas, brother of Mrs
Laura Ireland and Mrs Emily
Ashby, is here on a visit from
Kansas.
Grandma Rust, Mrs H W Strong
and Mrs Eddy, were visitors at
Mrs Heary Smith’s in this city,
this week.
Lot Rust finished seeding 300
acres on Saturday and started his
plows Monday on 240 acres of
summer fallow.
Trains run so fast now on the
C S Ry that the mail clerks haven’t
time enough between stations to
distribute the local mails.
Frank Sayrs has a nice auto now
nearer the ground than his origin
al purchase, that gets over the
road at an easy, rapid rate. '
Send The Observer to your ab
sent friends. It gives all the local
news, and is better than a letter.
Mailed four months for 50c.
A cotemporary has a local cor
respondence from Montague, in
which the family name appears
ten times, and it is signed “one of
• *
us.
John Schassen, of Kent, was at
tending to business in Moro W ed
nesday. He has sold 1,000 acres
of his farm to his son, retaining
400 acres for himself.
Now is the time to buy your
spring suits.. Men’s and boys’
suits in the new shades and de
signs just received and now on dis
play at the Moro Commercial Co.
The Moro Commercial Co is
agent for American Ladies I ador
ing Co and are showing a beauti
ful line of samples. Suits, coats
and skirts made to measure. I' it
guaranteed; style to suit your fancy;
prices right. •
Jeweler Block is now the owner
of an automobile having purchased
the car formerly owned by W S
Powell.
Call at The Observer Book Store
$
for push pins ; just the article you S
need in decorating the walls of
your room.
We feel safe in making the pre o
diction that the 1911 housefly will
show as much pernicious activity
as the 1910 model.
HARNESS EXTRAS NOW IN
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T h e tim e has arriv ed w h en the farm er
looks over his h arn ess and farm im plem ents
before startin g spring w ork. W e have in
stock a full line of
Have your name on your sta
tionery ; it always creates a good o
g H A R N ESS EXTRAS, L E A T H E R , BU CK LES, g
impression. We do the work for
R IN G S , SN A P S, E T C .
&
you in handsome styles.
Dr Goffin was called to Kent
Saturday evening to attend Mrs
ft
Fred Haynes who presented Fred
If you need a Plow , H arro w , Drill, or any
with a boy that evening.
farm ing im plem ent or extras, we can fit
&
Mrs Eddy, of White Salmon, is
you out at prices th a t are right.
visiting friends and relatives in
Sherman county this month, the
guest of her aunt, Mrs H W Strong. $ M O RO H A R D W A R E & IMP. C O ,g
FARM IM PLEM ENTS
I D Pike of The Dalles was in
Moro Wednesday. He attempt
ed to board the train but missed
it, with good luck, as he might
have been killed.
When you have an auction sale
you will need to advertise it to get
profitable results. If you have the
adv properly set, as we do it, post
ers can be printed from it.
New shoes and Oxfords for
men, ladies, and children. Some
thing snappy and up to date.
Good quality and moderate prices
at the Moro Commercial Co.
A man died in Chicago the oth
er day aged UR), who had never
used tobacco in any form. The
Spokesman-Review has a 97-year
old chap illustrated who has used
both licker and terhaeker all his
life.
Louis Heydt has in stock a new
collar for horses th’at is successful
in preventing gall sores ; it is made
with an inside curled hair facing
under leather. Call and see them ;
they cost no more than the ordin
ary collar.
Mr and Mrs Robert Urquhart,
entertained a party of friends from
the city at dinner Easter Sunday,
in honor of the visit here of Mrs
Urquharts brother, Frank M Smith
of Ontario, Canada, a former at
tachée of The Observer.
Dr A L Golder, of The Dalles,
a graduate, experienced, licensed
optician w ill he in Sherman county
next week. Monday April 24th,
till Tuesday noon at Wasco; I ues-
day April 25th and Wednesday at
New Moro Hotel; Thursday
April 27th and Friday morning
at Grass Valley.
The Live Wire informs us that
“ Hon W R Ellis left for 1 lermiston
to take a run over his alfalfa patch
jyst as the water has been turned
on.” It may be wet. but we
venture the assertion that it will
be less dirty than the congress he
recently left in Washington.
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D EA LER S IN
Lim e, P laster, C em ent, B uilders
Supplies, L um ber, Wood, Coal,
Cedar P osts, and Hay.
MANUFACTURERS OF
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CLOSING OUTBARGAIN SALE
I n order to close
out my entire
stock of goods I
am selling every-
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L. W. ROSS,
Wasco, Oregon.
GUARANTEED TLUWilNU
GEORGE MILLER
T h e well know n w orkm an will attend
to all calls direct or by phone for
PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING, ETC.
Now prepared with a complete kit of tools to
attend all calls for plumbing, etc. in the country.
H a v e you seen our Steel W a te rin g 1 roughs?
If not take a look and order one.
; Shop on Main St.
Thursday, May 4th, assisted by
local talent, Sylva W McGuire
will present her unique and beau
tiful Southern
entertainment:
Echoes from Dixie Land, at the
M E church in this city, under
the auspices of the Ladles* Aid
Society. Further particulars next
week.
Simultaneously with the an
nouncement of applications by
many college students for harvest
ing work in Kansas fields, comes
the one that the green bug has ap
peared in the wheat fields of that
state and threatens the loss of the
crops ; let the boys remember that
the chinch bug has his day early
in the season ; harvest always comes
later.
thingatandbe-
low wholesale
Moro, Oregon.
A BRAND N E W PAIR OF E V E S
out of the question, of course; buf
but the pair of glasses with which we
can outnt you (after proper testing)
will almost convince you that you
have the eyesight of youth back
again. Fact is we can do your eyes
and eyesight a lot of good.
Let s talk to you about it.
F. W. Clark, 3 M o u s e
•• Jew eler and O pticians
T H E DALLES, OREGON.
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The season is at hand when &
owners of dogs should keep care
ful watch on their canines, lest
they form the habit of self-hunt
ing; certainly one of the worst
means of destroying our upland !
birds and is the habit of many
dogs unbeknown to their masters. 1
As the nesting season is at hand,
rt would be a good plan for every
person owning a dog which is in
the habit of running at large, to
see that it is tied up during the
season when birds are rearing their
young.
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